I've been in sort of a rut lately. I used to draw quite a lot, but now I feel like the only thing I ever want to draw... are fat characters. I don't mind drawing fat characters, but my problem is coming off as a fat fetishist, which I try to avoid. For example, there is a duo of characters I made up named Henry and Rachael Lashley that I've been putting off drawing for a while because Henry is this incredibly fat creature who's so porcine that his legs are practically invisible except for his feet, while his sister is more or less a polar opposite. Earlier I kind of caved in and drew the two playing fetch for a bit until they spot a caterpillar on the ground. Henry lifts his foot over the caterpillar to make sure he doesn't step on it while Rachael guides the caterpillar onto her fingers so they can put it somewhere else.
Personally, I don't want people to think I'm gross just because I draw a lot of tubbies. But if you ask me, here's my deal: When it comes to art, I see a LOT of fat characters on Fur Affinity. However, I don't fave pictures just because they're fat. When it comes to fat characters, I look for something else. Fat characters aren't these giant deformed blob-like creatures who look absolutely useless and disgusting. Fat characters aren't these walking food vaccums who fart a lot either. And fat characters aren't there for nothing more than to just look fat and ugly. A lot of art I see do just that: they're of formless blobs, fatties stuffing their faces and are overall just showing off their jiggling blubber, which just doesn't do it for me.
To me, fat guys are your best friend. They may sometimes be dumb as a brick, but you can't help but love them for their friendliness. They're these big, squishy balls of happiness who give really good hugs, and they have well intentions to boot.
But fat guys are also these big, strong creatures with impenitrable bellies. Fat guys are tough, imposing and powerful. What they lack in speed, they make up for in strength and being able to laugh at their targets as they hopelessly fire gatling-gun punches away at him.
Those are what I think of when I think of fat characters. Henry is sort of a mix between the two. He's very strong and almost impervious to damage except for his head, yet he's also a loveable sweetheart deep down. Basically I try to ballance out what he lacks in the looks department with having an overall likeable personallity. In addition, there's an alternate version of the character where he's just wearing a suit that makes him look fat, but again because he likes having fat-armor protecting him and he used to be as big until he had to get his fat removed or else he would die. While I do really like these characters, I feel kind of nervous when I draw them a lot, and I worry about how people view me when they see it. Is it wrong that I like fat characters for those reasons, and that I draw them a lot?
Topic: Problem with making fat characters (Read 2048 times)